You're absolutely right. This breaks HIS. > I notice that when a user sets their away message it propagates to the > remote servers. If a user does not clear their away message, but sets it > to > a new one, it updates on the local server *only*. Remote servers still > hold > the old away message. (Clearing the away message, and then setting a new > one > progagates to the remote servers again.) > > Of course a raw whois <nick> <nick> will always return the user's local > away > message. > > At first I didn't think that this was a big deal, but after thinking about > > it, I realized this quirk would probably allow someone to identify a > user's > local server under the right circumstances. Since we are trying to keep > that information hidden, I thought it best to mention it here. > > I'm sorry that I am not coding the patch myself, but I am not familiar > with > the ircu code/checkout/patch process, and I guess that others will do it > much more quickly and adeptly. > > Background information: > I tested this on the following servers: > u2.10.11.04. Haarlem.NL.EU.UnderNet.Org B64AeEFfIKlMpSU > u2.10.11.04. Oslo2.NO.EU.undernet.org B200AEFfIKlMpRSU > > at approximately the following time: > Sunday, March 2, 2003, 15:45 BST > > I'm sure you will see what I mean, but if not, please feel free to ask. > > -stephen > > _________________________________________________________________ > Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail >
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